anacuk It's just plain dumb to take the sound from the PA. The sound from the PA is optimized for the theater during the show, not for the footage from the show. This results in very loud guitars, some vocals and barely anything else (no audience sounds either, until the end of the song - very artificial). All this, unfortunately, results in the impression that the Stones sound terrible. Which is not true and a shame. I can't believe they let this film go out the way it is.I did see the film on the DVD, not in the theater. I don't know if this would make any difference, but I really don't thinks so.As for the "plot" and the remarks about the commerciality of the film - I expected this, seeing the trailers, so no nasty surprises there.

Samiam3 I have never been much of a Rolling Stones fan myself, but I've learned a few things about them after seeing this solid performance brought to the screen by Marty Scorsese. The fact that Mick Jagger is in better shape at 65 than say half the youths in the western world is astonishing, and as a result his performance gives us satisfaction (pause for laughter). Keith Richards has no right to be alive but there is still enough life left in him to play masterful guitar, and even sing a little. He is the most alien looking human on the planet. If Michael Jackson was still alive, they would be tied. There is not a whole lot more to say, other than a few guest appearances including Jack White of the White Stripes and Christina Aguilera. This show rocks.

Leonard Smalls: The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse Scorcese, obviously a huge Stones fan, sets out to make a 'documentary' with this film "Shine A Light" but as you probably have read by now, it is no documentary. It's a concert film and nothing more. We are treated to some pre-show clips and setup, some roadies unloading gear, and a couple of extremely short interview clips. When the concert gets going, The Stones are in true form...again. The songs sound tired and rehearsed. It's all so obviously staged, every single second of it. The feeling is all gone.For those of us who have seen films like "Rock n' Roll Circus," "Let's Spend the Night Together" and even the fairly recent "Bridges to Babylon" concert video, it's merely more of the same. The budget for the production was clearly huge, as we can see every wrinkle in Mick's face the whole time. The cinematography is flashy-dashy MTV-style and we never have the camera on anyone for more than a few seconds at a time.I'd be so much more impressed if The Rolling Stones would stop jumping around on stage like children, grab a few acoustic guitars and give us an intimate 'Unplugged'-style concert. Plain and simple they look ridiculous out there. Keith is haggard as always, still smoking and picking away. Ronnie is really showing the years. Charlie still rocks at drums but now he really looks like my grandfather. And Mick, well...he just makes me uncomfortable, shaking his hips at his age. I loved the appearances, especially Buddy Guy and Jack White. There should have been more of them.If you wanna see Martin Scorcese, see "Mean Streets." If you wanna see The Stones, see "Let's Spend the Night Together." All in all not really a great example of Martin Scorcese or of The Rolling Stones, two artists who I really like, so I can't recommend this one.5 out of 10, kids.

JustApt The Rolling Stones is really unsinkable. And this doco is about their concert in Beacon Theatre, New York City on their latest tour. Bill Clinton, with his whole clan, was there too. Mick Jagger looks like some undernourished count Dracula these days and shouts his songs in rather small voice but he tosses and leaps around the stage like a teenager. I bet Martin Scorsese, who is the same age, can't run like this now. Keith Richards resembles most an ancient resurrected mummy and imitates back Johnny Depp now, like Johnny Depp used to imitate him in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Ron Wood is a blackest crow and Charlie Watts perches at his drum kit like a buzzard but he's wise like an owl. Most of all I liked flashbacks from the sixties and seventies when in 1966 Jagger said that they probably manage for a year more and in 1972 he said that when he'll be sixty he can still continue. Is there no Bill Clinton review at this site?